Dedication Address by President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower for Rollins College FM Station

Dedication Address by President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower for Rollins College FM Station

Dedication Address by President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower for Rollins College FM Station:
As this campaign train rolls to the Pacific coastland, I take a few minutes to record an expression of felicitation to Rollins College on the dedication of its new educational FM radio station.
Before I became a college president myself, I was familiar with Rollins College. It was not only the oldest institution of higher learning in Florida; also, in the decades since its founding in 1885, Rollins College spread its influence beyond the boundaries of its native state. Hamilton Holt, its founder, believed in the idea of man's self-determination; he had faith that this force in man's spirit made educational institutions strong guardians of liberty and kept democracy on the move towards still higher plateaus.
No power in this world can compare with the power of an idea. When the emperor Tiberius heard that a man in Judea was talking of a kingdom, he was alarmed. But he laughed when he heard that this kingdom had no army, no material wealth, no subjects. He was sure that such a kingdom would never survive. But a curious thing happened: it was the Roman imperium and the Roman legions that crumbled away and disappeared and it was the idea of the Man of Nazareth that prevailed. And that idea, almost 2,000 years later, still prevails in the hearts and minds of men and women all over the world.
Our America, too, was founded on an idea: an idea that all men should have equality of opportunity; an idea rooted in the respect and dignity of individual men and women. This idea must be cherished by us in America who wish to remain free. It is an idea that lies deep in my heart. This new FM station of Rollins College can help to spread and advance the great ideas which keep men and women free. Whether the ideas come from the great music or poetry or other literature of the past, or from debates and reflections of today, the people of our country who are listening in will be the richer.

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Dedication Address by President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower for Rollins College FM Station:
As this campaign train rolls to the Pacific coastland, I take a few minutes to record an expression of felicitation to Rollins College on the dedication of its new educational FM radio station.
Before I became a college president myself, I was familiar with Rollins College. It was not only the oldest institution of higher learning in Florida; also, in the decades since its founding in 1885, Rollins College spread its influence beyond the boundaries of its native state. Hamilton Holt, its founder, believed in the idea of man's self-determination; he had faith that this force in man's spirit made educational institutions strong guardians of liberty and kept democracy on the move towards still higher plateaus.
No power in this world can compare with the power of an idea. When the emperor Tiberius heard that a man in Judea was talking of a kingdom, he was alarmed. But he laughed when he heard that this kingdom had no army, no material wealth, no subjects. He was sure that such a kingdom would never survive. But a curious thing happened: it was the Roman imperium and the Roman legions that crumbled away and disappeared and it was the idea of the Man of Nazareth that prevailed. And that idea, almost 2,000 years later, still prevails in the hearts and minds of men and women all over the world.
Our America, too, was founded on an idea: an idea that all men should have equality of opportunity; an idea rooted in the respect and dignity of individual men and women. This idea must be cherished by us in America who wish to remain free. It is an idea that lies deep in my heart. This new FM station of Rollins College can help to spread and advance the great ideas which keep men and women free. Whether the ideas come from the great music or poetry or other literature of the past, or from debates and reflections of today, the people of our country who are listening in will be the richer.